Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Leontopodium calocephalum (Franch.) Beauverd trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. Genéve, sér. 2, 1: 189 (1909) |
Native Range | c. China to e. Qinghai |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 2600-4200m |
Description | basal leaves densely crowded, ovate or narrower, stem leaves persistent, ovate to lanceolate, adaxially grey to glabrous, abaxially lanate, bracteate heads 7-10cm acros |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai) |